Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.
- Matthew Arnold

No books are so legible as the lives of men; no character so
plain as their moral conduct.
- James H. Aughey

I would, God knows, in a poor woodman's hut
Have spent my peaceful days, and shared my crust
With her who would have cheer'd me, rather far
Than on this throne; but being what I am,
I'll be it nobly.
- Joanna Baillie

As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a
nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all
the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your
judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your
deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your
undertakings.
- Epictetus

All the while thou livest ill, thou hast the trouble,
distraction, inconveniences of life, but not the sweets and true
use of it.
- Thomas Fuller (1)

That conduct sometimes seems ridiculous, in the eyes of the
world, the secret reasons for which, may, in reality, be wise and
solid.
- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Only add
Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith,
Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love,
By name to come call'd charity, the soul
Of all the rest; then wilt thou not be loath
To leave this Paradise, but shall possess
A Paradise within thee, happier far.
- John Milton

Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith,
Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love,
By name to come call'd charity, the soul
Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loath
To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess
A Paradise within thee, happier far.
- John Milton

To do evil is more within the reach of every man, in public as in
private life, than to do good.
- Samuel Parr

A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
- William Penn

Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those
which are easy to us prove that He loves us.
- Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn

I will govern my life, and my thoughts, as if the whole world
were to see the one, and to read the other; for what does it
signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God
(who is the searcher of our hearts) all our privacies are open?
- Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)